Next from Grant Achatz.
Next Restaurant will serve four menus per year from great moments in culinary history – or the future. Our team of chefs will investigate, test, refine, and present authentic menu interpretations from cultures, places and times. Depending on the cuisine, meals will be 5 to 6 courses and will include food, beverage pairings, and service....

A meal at Next will represent a great value. Depending on the menu AND what day and time you are dining, food will be $40 to $75 for the entire prix fixe menu. Wine and beverage pairings will begin at a $25 supplement. Next’s goal is to serve 4-star food at 3-star prices....

Instead of reservations our bookings will be made more like a theater or a sporting event. Your tickets will be fully inclusive of all charges, including service. Ticket price will depend on which seating you buy – Saturday at 8 PM will be more expensive than Wednesday at 9:30 PM. This will allow us to offer an amazing experience at a very reasonable price. We will also offer an annual subscription to all four menus at a discount with preferred seating.
Sushi UO is grand cru....
We asked for $100 in food, so $180 tax & tip w/ beers....
Lots of food, all great, not too much food but deff full belly of mostly raw food, the cooked dishes were super too (soup of japanese spinish and a stuffed lightly cooked squid rocked)....
carrots and beets
Jim's day-long birthday feast:
3 1/2 hour lunch at 11 Madison
1 dollar Oysters (a lot of them) at Ten Bells
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Marea’s new Sunday afternoon menu, which includes a dish of poached eggs, crab, sea urchin zabaglione and caviar atop brioche (zagat buzz)
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$50 lawrence wiener
food art after party
on now: my lai on american experience
Scroll down to witness the awesomeness of geocities-izer and blingee in action together.
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cooking w/ kentucky bourbon
Its all ways great to me but current works up at The Rubin Museum are the bestest best imho.....

Great floor titled "Remember You Too Shall Die", another floor has Bohme and Welling books, juicy one's w/ the amazing hand painted illustrations.

Also its free from Fridays 7-10pm.
For the parents out there, this looks fun:
Socrates Sculpture Park and The Noguchi Museum present...

KITE FLIGHT: DIY & FLY
Seventh Annual Kite Making Workshop
Sunday, April 25, 2010 / 11AM-2PM
Free! / Rain or Shine

This free hands-on workshop will take place at Socrates Sculpture Park and welcomes children of all ages to build and decorate a kite out of recycled materials, and then fly it in the park. Advance registration is not required, but space is limited, so come early! The workshop is free and all materials and supplies will be provided.

DIRECTIONS
Socrates Sculpture Park is open 365 days a year from 10am to sunset and is located at the intersection of Broadway and Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City.
By subway, take the N train to Broadway (Queens). Walk 8 blocks west on Broadway to the intersection of Vernon Boulevard.
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patricia t oconnor said bird songs changed over time (less than 100 years i believe). she cited the thrush. this is all i could find that relates to her statement.
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Wine: Natural isn't perfect

By Dave McIntyre
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Wine is not immune to political correctness or polemics. (Readers who merely desire a simple glass of fermented grape juice to enjoy with dinner might want to turn to the editorial page now.) The latest battlefront in wine is whether that juice you're drinking is "natural.

The natural-wine movement has been sweeping France for a few years now, with stylishly dressed millennials in trendy wine bars in affluent urban neighborhoods celebrating the peasant vignerons who defy globalization in defense of terroir.
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